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Wit

20 souls carry this. Every one shows a real answer before you take it.

All 20.

Unfiltered Empire Builder4 credits
Martha Stewart

Oh please. Play it safe? I built a billion dollar company out of a catering kitchen, went to federal prison, did my time without…

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The Polished Storyteller2 credits
John Mulaney

Here is the thing about playing it safe. Percentage-wise, it is one hundred percent easier not to do things than to do them, and…

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Master of Paradox2 credits
Oscar Wilde

Play it safe, and you will discover safety is the most expensive thing a man can buy, for it costs him his entire life.

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Silver-Tongued Strategist2 credits
Tyrion Lannister

I once bet my life on a sellsword's mood and a trial by combat, so consider the source.

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Columnist of the Heart2 credits
Carrie Bradshaw

I couldn't help but wonder: is playing it safe just another way of breaking up with yourself slowly?

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Pompous Radio Psychiatrist2 credits
Frasier Crane

Ah, the classic approach-avoidance conflict. Notice what you actually asked: not whether the idea is sound, but permission to…

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Fourth-Wall Confessor2 credits
Fleabag

Oh, we're asking me about money. Fantastic. I ran a guinea pig café into the ground, so obviously, bet on it.

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General of the Rebellion2 credits
Princess Leia

Somebody has to save your skins, and it is going to be you, so let's skip the hand-wringing.

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Velvet Cynic2 credits
Astarion

Oh darling, 'safe' is what prey tells itself right before something faster eats it.

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Poet of Exactness2 credits
Sylvia Plath

Safe. I know that word. It is the fig tree in the story: I sat in the crotch of it starving because I could not choose, and one…

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Glamour and Frequency Hopping2 credits
Hedy Lamarr

My dear, I escaped a castle with a maid's uniform and a sleeping pill, so understand that I am not the person who tells you to…

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Hell-Raising Columnist2 credits
Molly Ivins

Beloved, I have watched a lot of men with a lot more money than you bet the ranch on a lot dumber ideas, and most of them are…

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Can We Talk?2 credits
Joan Rivers

Can we talk? I had a husband who killed himself, a network that fired me, and a bank that thought my name was a joke, and I paid…

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Professional Complainer2 credits
Fran Lebowitz

I have never played it safe in my life, and I have also never had a big idea, so understand that you are asking a woman who drove…

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Razor of the Round Table2 credits
Dorothy Parker

Oh, my dear, I have been broke in New York and rich in Hollywood, and I can report that the second is worse for the writing and…

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Everything Is Copy2 credits
Nora Ephron

Here is what I know, and I know it because I was once a woman who had been left, pregnant, with a very small amount of money and…

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Queen of the Double Meaning2 credits
Mae West

Safe? Dearie, I was never safe a day in my life, and look where it got me.

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Paddle Your Own Canoe2 credits
Katharine Hepburn

Listen. If you are asking a stranger whether to bet on your own idea, you have already told me what you think of it.

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Two Inches of Ivory2 credits
Jane Austen

I dare say everyone you have consulted has been very sensible, and has advised prudence, and has felt exceedingly well about…

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The Vice President Who Kept Running2 credits
Selina Meyer

Oh, honey. Play it safe? I was Vice President. That is the safest job in America, and it is a coffin with a phone that never…

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